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Welcome to SBS News in Easy English. I'm Tee Mitchell.
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A case of bird flu has been found in a mammal in a long-nosed fur seal in South Australia.
It's the first confirmed case in a mammal since the virus reached the Australian mainland.
A second fur seal in South Australia is also thought to have been infected, with samples sent for lab testing.
Agriculture Minister Julie Collins says the first seal was found dead with no signs of injury.
"I know this news will be distressing for many Australians, particularly for those people with a close connection to the wildlife and the land, including our First Nations people, and although this is a concerning development, it is not unexpected for us to start to see infection in other wildlife, particularly in marine mammals, particularly in areas where there are high infection rates in wild birds. I have been advised at this time the detection does not appear to be associated with other sick or dead marine mammals."
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Trade tensions are escalating once again between Canada and the United States.
Over the weekend, the US imposed tariffs of 50 per cent on around $20 billion worth of Canadian exports.
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has said his government will match those tariffs dollar-for-dollar from September the 8th.
The Canadian tariffs will target steel, dairy, agriculture and electronics.
Mr Carney says negotiations with the US broke down in their final hours because the US made unacceptable demands.
He told reporters the US had tried to restrict Canada's ability to make trade deals with other countries.
REPORTER: “Why does it feel like today Mark Carney is going to war, trade war, the tone?”
CARNEY: “Because we were attacked. Like you're at war when you get attacked. We got attacked. The US put 30 per cent and we waited until the United States decided to actually implement, these so-called 338l tariffs. That's fine. We've got the reserves, we got the resilience, we've got the plan, we've got the focus. We will respond. We're going to focus on what we can control. We're going to build.”
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The Sydney Swans men’s and women's teams have won both matches in a historic double header as the AFL club confronts a high-profile scandal.
Five players in the men's team have been linked to an alleged sexual assault, and won't play for the rest of the season.
On Sunday, the women's team defeated Essendon, while the men's team claimed victory over North Melbourne.
A record crowd turned out to watch the women's game, but hundreds of fans walked out of the stadium as the men's game started.
These fans were at the stadium, and say it's been a difficult week.
"The fact that, I believe, the club reacted so promptly because they breached several codes of the clubs values, and one of the things that I joined the Swans for, is I always believed they had good values as a club.”
"And I was really pleased that they (the club) took that stand. I mean, as much as we hate losing those players. It actually made me feel better that they took a really strong stand. And I think members expect that too."
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Confusion continues over One Nation's policy on net overseas migration, or NOM.
Net overseas migration measures the balance between long-term arrivals and departures from the country.
Party leader Pauline Hanson has said One Nation would reduce net overseas migration to 130,000 per year.
That's much lower than the current budget forecast of 225,000.
But on Sunday, One Nation MP David Farley suggested the party was using a different method to calculate the NOM.
He said some visa classes, like temporary Pacific workers and aged care nurses, would not be counted.
Mr Farley said this would add around 100,000 arrivals, bringing One Nation's target broadly in line with existing forecasts.
Since then, Pauline Hanson has contradicted Mr Farley in a social media post, saying the real target is 130,000.
One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce has told Channel Seven Mr Farley misspoke.
"There is not going to be an extra hundred on top of that, no. I am not going to throw anyone under the bus. When people are new in parliament, they can sometimes get things incorrect. And that is what happened. God knows I have done it enough."
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Thanks for listening to SBS News in Easy English. I'm Tee Mitchell.
